Opinions But is she really a golden retriever? BTL Staff Published: June 23, 2011 | Last Updated: September 12, 2023 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Opinions Advertisement Topics: Opinions About the Contributor BTL Staff Between The Lines has been publishing LGBTQ-related content in Southeast Michigan since the early '90s. This year marks the publication's 27th anniversary. Read More Trans Lucent A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.) Pride season may be behind us, but the transphobia and legal attacks to which it was a defiant answer haven't gone anywhere. The parades end, the flags [...]Read more about A Trans Woman Invented the Tech Behind Your Smartphone in 1965. (And Then IBM Fired Her, Obviously.) By Anni Arbour Creep of the Week Giving in to Anti-Trans Hysteria Is Not a Winning Strategy for Democrats I was at a concert recently and a person next to me was wearing a cross-body bag that read, “Speak Up for Your LGBTQ+ Friends.” This person appeared to be your [...]Read more about Giving in to Anti-Trans Hysteria Is Not a Winning Strategy for Democrats By D'Anne Witkowski LGBTQ+ History Trump Is Targeting the Smithsonian. My LGBTQ+ History Is Inside It. There’s been something troubling me for the last couple of years about what the Trump administration has been doing. It affects me personally, but I’ve mostly [...]Read more about Trump Is Targeting the Smithsonian. My LGBTQ+ History Is Inside It. By Mark Segal Trans Topics Rethinking Masculinity: What Queer and Trans People Taught Me About Being a Man I was the youngest “girl” — meaning assigned girl — in a large Midwestern farm family in the 1970s. We didn't talk much about gender, but masculinity [...]Read more about Rethinking Masculinity: What Queer and Trans People Taught Me About Being a Man By Kelli Dunham Drag Leader of Anti-Equality Org Thinks Republicans Are Too Cozy with the Queers "I mean, there are a lot of reasons to go after Republicans. But being too liberal isn’t one of them." By D'Anne Witkowski Entertainment If We’ve Learned Anything From Carlos Santana and Alice Cooper, It’s Knowing When to STFU Look. No one says the conversation around queer issues (particularly transgender issues) is uncomplicated. These topics require thoughtfulness and nuance, and [...]Read more about If We’ve Learned Anything From Carlos Santana and Alice Cooper, It’s Knowing When to STFU By Sarah Bricker Hunt Independent LGBTQ+ journalism, powered by readers. Support Now Support